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Oxygen and nitrate reduction kinetics of a nonflocculating strain of Zoogloea ramigera

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The oxygen and nitrate reduction kinetics of a nonflocculating strain of Zoogloea ramigera were determined. Axenic, nitrate-reducing bacterial suspensions were acclimated to various oxygen levels in a chemostat while measuring nitrate reduction in the presence of high ammonium nitrogen concentrations. Significant nitrate reduction was observed at oxygen concentrations up to 8 mg L−1. Oxygen consumption was inhibited by oxygen concentrations in excess of 2 mg L−1.

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    S. E. Strand

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Strand, S.E., McDonnell, A.J. & Unz, R.F. Oxygen and nitrate reduction kinetics of a nonflocculating strain of Zoogloea ramigera . Antonie van Leeuwenhoek 54, 245–255 (1988). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00443583

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